Upgrade storage of Lenovo Y510P for better performance

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Hello everyone,

I live in India. I currently own a Lenovo Y510P laptop with the following specifications.

Intel Core i7 4700MQ 2.4 GHz (Turbo boost upto 3.4 GHz) processor
8 GB RAM
1TB 5400rpm hard disk
Nvidia 755m graphics card

I use my laptop to browse the internet, watch a lot of tv shows and play a few games (like GTA V, Sleeping Dogs, Watch Dogs, NFS Rivals, GRID 2 usually). I'm looking to upgrade the hard disk. I have two options:

1) I can go for a 1 TB SSHD and ditch my old 1TB 5400 rpm HDD.

2) I can add 120GB SSD by removing my dvd drive and adding the ssd in hdd caddy and then inserting that back into the laptop.

Which will give me overall better performance that the order? I know there won't be an FPS increase but loading time will go down. Also, my laptop will boot up and function at a much better rate.

Few things to note, I'm on a tight budget as I'm still a student.
I found the parts in question at the following prices.

Samsung 850 EVO 120 GB SSD Internal Hard Drive (MZ-75E120) for Rs. 5070.

HDD Caddy for Rs. 1199.

Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive 9.5 mm thickness 1 TB Laptop Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM014) for Rs. 6525.

Also, advice me if there's a better SSD or SSHD out there for the price. I'm a complete newbie when it comes to SSDs and all. I only shop from Flipkart and Amazon. Thanks in advance.
 
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I agree a 240GB SSD would be better, but user states he is on a tight budget and does not care about loading times in games, which is all an SSD is good for in gaming. Getting a drive bay with the 120GB SSD would put him under the cost of a 1TB SSHD. I am 99% sure you can boot to the optical caddy as it runs off the SATA controller, besides Lenovo offers their own...
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I have never used a SSHD but I've heard mixed reviews about them. I would make sure the SSD portion of the SSHD is atleast 30 or 40GB as Windows 8 takes up close to that, and you want to leave a little room for updates. (Someone please correct me on this if I'm mistaken) The Samsung EVO's are really nice, one of the fastest drives out there, same with SanDisk drives. I've also heard that Intel SSD's have one of the lowest failure rates.

In all honesty, if you do not use your CD/DVD Drive and don't care about load times in games then I would get an SSD as a second drive. Use it to install your OS and all of your applications you use on a daily basis. Then use the HDD for all of your Games and Data. I usually link my Downloads, Music, Documents and Video folders to a folder on my 1TB secondary drive. CD/DVD drives are becoming a thing of the past, and you can always buy a really cheap external one if you really need it!
 
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Check how much space you are using on the hard-drive. I am not sure if you can use the drive bay adapter as a main drive for Windows.
See how much you can get a 240 gig SSD in your area for instead of the hybrid or the 120 gig, and if that will hold the games. Does not seem like you have other files on there really, 240 should be plenty even for a handful of games.
 
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I agree a 240GB SSD would be better, but user states he is on a tight budget and does not care about loading times in games, which is all an SSD is good for in gaming. Getting a drive bay with the 120GB SSD would put him under the cost of a 1TB SSHD. I am 99% sure you can boot to the optical caddy as it runs off the SATA controller, besides Lenovo offers their own OEM HDD caddy and more optical bay options. Even if user was unable to boot to it, he could just move his 1TB drive to the optical bay and the SSD to internal space.
 
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Thanks farnell121. That is exactly what I was thinking in case I was not able to boot from the HDD caddy. However, I purchased the 120 GB SSD by Samsung (850 EVO) and I set it up. Everything is working perfectly right now. *Touch wood*. I am able to boot from the SSD which is currently in the caddy. I think it's better to keep the SSD in the caddy as caddy is often more prone to vibrations and stuff as it's not as stiff as the whole laptop. Since, SSD has better durability, I preferred to keep it in the caddy.

Anyways, everything worked out as planned. Thanks for all your advice.

 
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